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Drones Networking Devices 

GPS
The control of any automaton constantly lies with the pilot who, for lower cost rambles,
utilizes visual following to decide its position and direction. Amateurs Drones, for the most
part, don't have GPS, however further developed automatons utilize GPS beneficiaries inside
the route and control circle which takes into consideration some brilliant GPS ramble route
includes that include: 
Position Hold: Allows the automaton to keep up a situation at a fixed elevation and area. 
Come back to Home: The automaton recalls the spot from where it took off from, and at the
press of the arrival to the home catch, it will consequently come back to this spot.
Independent Flight: The flight way of the automaton can be foreordained by setting up GPS
waypoints that characterize the direction. At that point upon execution, the automaton will
utilize autopilot to follow this way. 
These highlights require the utilization of a GPS ramble framework, so it is significant for an
automaton pilot to have a fundamental comprehension of how GPS functions.

 Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi used to only be available on computers but as the technology evolved, shrunk, and
grew more intelligent, it was integrated into portable devices like phones and tablets. Now
there are several million products around the world that are Wi-Fi-enabled so that they can be
remotely accessible.

Most drones today are Wi-Fi enabled so that they can broadcast video to a computer, tablet,
or smartphone. Some drones also use Wi-Fi for remote control through a tablet or mobile
application. The Parrot AR Drone 2.0 offers high-end interactive controls with their mobile
application that runs on an iPhone or iPad.

While there are clear benefits to using Wi-Fi with your drone, Wi-Fi works on an ultra-high
radio frequency which means that its range is limited to about 600 meters.

Radio Frequency 

In order to control a drone remotely, you must be able to communicate with it wirelessly.
Radio waves are an invisible waveform on the electromagnetic spectrum. Like all things on
the electromagnetic spectrum, radio is measured in hertz (Hz). Extremely low frequency is
anywhere from 3Hz to 30Hz and tremendously high frequency is 300 GHz – 3000GHz.

For radio to work, you must have a transmitter to send the messages and a receiver to get the
messages. At a rudimentary level, this is how remotely controlling an aircraft is
accomplished. More precisely, your transmitter and receiver need to be tuned to the same
frequency.

To avoid situations such as your drone being controlled by someone else’s remote control,
devices use a unique identification code to identify a transmission on one particular radio
frequency as the transmission it wants to receive. To do this, transmitters and receivers are
paired using an RFID or a “radio frequency identification.” All information broadcast over
RFID is prefixed with an RFID so that the receiver knows that the information it is picking
up is for it.
Lower frequencies tend to have a much greater range at lower power than higher frequency
devices. Lower frequencies also have a greater ability to penetrate dense objects which is
another reason why they are great for remote controlling a drone. However, the lower the
frequency, the larger the antenna must be to receive the frequency. Most remote control
drones use 900 MHz for transmission. Higher frequencies in the 2.4 GHz range are
predominantly used for Wi-Fi.

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